SM-liiga 1976/77

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Master:	Tappara Tampere
Relegated:	FoPS
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The SM-liiga season 1976/77 was the second season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champions were for the fifth time overall and for the first time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Tappara Tampere , while FoPS was relegated to the second division.

Regular season

mode

The ten teams of the SM-liiga initially played against each other in 36 seasonal games. While the first four teams qualified for the play-offs, the last two had to play against the two best second division teams to stay in the league. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Main round

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Tappara Tampere	36	25th	5	6th	216	110	55
2.	TPS Turku	36	23	3	10	187	129	49
3.	HIFK Helsinki	36	20th	1	15th	159	136	41
4th	Koo-Vee	36	20th	1	15th	175	156	41
5.	Ässät Pori	36	19th	2	15th	167	144	40
6th	Ilves Tampere	36	14th	6th	16	171	173	34
7th	Jokerit Helsinki	36	14th	5	17th	137	153	33
8th.	Kiekko-Reipas	36	11	5	20th	169	222	27
9.	Lukko Rauma	36	10	3	23	166	223	23
10.	FoPS	36	7th	3	26th	136	237	17th

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Play-offs

The semi-finals and finals were played in the “best-of-five” mode, the game for third place in the “best-of-three” mode .

Tournament tree

	Semifinals				final
	Tappara Tampere	3
	Koo-Vee	0
					Tappara	3
					TPS	0
					Game for third place
	TPS Turku	3			HIFK	0
	HIFK Helsinki	0			Koo-Vee	2

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeepers: Petri Karjalainen , Antti Leppänen Defenders: Antti Anero , Hannu Haapalainen , Jorma Kallio , Lasse Litma , Pekka Mäkinen , Pekka Marjamäki , Pertti Valkeapää Attackers: Jukka Alkula , Pertti Ansakorpi , Martti Jarkko , Torsti Järvenpää , Tapio Kallio , Pertti Koivulahti , Vesa Lehtoranta , Mikko Leinonen , Tuomas Leinonen , Keijo Männistö , Jukka Porvari , Oiva Oijennus , Juha Silvennoinen Head coach: Kalevi Numminen

SM liiga relegation

The last two placed in the SM-liiga main round and the two best second division teams played for promotion and relegation in return legs. Since Kärpät and FoPS each scored six points, they played against each other in a decision game, which Kärpät won 9: 3.

table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Lukko Rauma	6th	3	1	2	32	25th	7th
2.	Kärpät Oulu	6th	3	0	3	32	26th	6th
3.	FoPS	6th	3	0	3	32	30th	6th
4th	Vaasan Sport	6th	2	1	3	32	45	5

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga